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Product

1. DETOX

• Development of solvent-free PUs that already meet the Detox 2020 standards
• Shoes that contain no traces of the 11 chemicals set out in the Detox standards are already being produced
• Long-term partnerships with raw material manufacturers and factories in order to implement the Detox standards by 2020 at the latest
• Blue Sign
• GOTS
• Leather Working Group: All of our leather products are purchased exclusively from Gold & Silver LWG-certified tanneries. LWG-certified tanneries in accordance with social and environmental standards specially developed for leather manufacturing. leatherworkinggroup.com

2. NEW MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Use of materials from recycled PET plastic bottles
• Use of organic cotton
• Use of compostable polyester membranes in ­­­­­­­­­­­­TEX products

3. CERTIFICATIONS

• Blue Angel for the German market; one product has already been certified
• Austrian Ecolabel for the domestic market; the first few products are in the process of being certified

4. CHEMICAL TESTS

• Close cooperation with the PFI for all new requirements and Detox
• Contracts with all well-known testing institutes in Europe, e.g. Bureau Veritas, TÜV, SGS, Intertek
• All of our imported goods satisfy the EU & Reach standards as a minimum

5. QUALITY CONTROL

• In-house inspection team with 30 employees under European leadership in China
• In-house technical team, which oversees product development from prototype to production
• At least five separate inspections are carried out and documented per order, from the point of view of continuously improving the product, not just to identify errors
• Technical support for factories before and during production

6. PACKAGING OF GOODS

• Reduction of all PET packaging to an absolute minimum
• Push for compostable or recycled materials
• Encouraging customers to avoid PET packaging